Meanings
- Snake Island (an island in Budjak, on the Black Sea, at the Danue Delta, Danube River in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, on the border with Romania).
Synonyms: Snake Island
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSnake Island (an island in Budjak, on the Black Sea, at the Danue Delta, Danube River in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, on the border with Romania).
Origin
- Medieval Greekφιδο“snake”
- Medieval GreekΦιδονήσι“Snake Isle”
- RussianЗмеиный“Serpent”
- RomanianInsula Șerpilor“Serpent Island”
- UkrainianО́стрів Змії́ний“Snake Island”
- EnglishZmiinyi Island
From Ukrainian О́стрів Змії́ний (Óstriv Zmijínyj, “Snake Island”), from Romanian Insula Șerpilor (“Serpent Island”), from Russian Змеиный (Zmeinyj, “Serpent”), from Medieval Greek Φιδονήσι (Phidonḗsi, “Snake Isle”), from Medieval Greek φιδο (phido, “snake”) (Greek φίδι (fídi)) + νήσι (nísi, “island”).
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Zmiinyi Island. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zmiinyi%20Island
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